Samsung started selling the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in over 60 countries, including its home-ground Korea starting from March 11th. Korea’s Yonhap News is reporting that Samsung sold more than 100,000 units of Galaxy S7 series of smartphones in South Korea, in first two after the sales started.
This is based on industry data that reveals that Samsung sold 60,000 units of smartphone on Friday and 40,000 on Saturday. This doesn’t reveal individual numbers for the smartphones, but it says that Samsung Galaxy S7 edge accounted for about 40% of two-day sales.
Both these smartphones were announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, pack a 5.1-inch Quad HD and 5.5-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED always-on displays, respectively. These are powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 8 Octa 8890 SoC or Quad-Core Snapdragon 820 SoC depending on the market, pack 4GB of RAM, run Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), come with a 12-megapixel Dual pixel rear camera with LED flash, OIS, 4K video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
These have a 3D glass and metal design, IP68 ratings water and dust resistance and hybrid dual SIM support that lets you use the second slot as a expansion slot when required. The S7 packs a 3000mAh battery and the S7 edge packs a slightly larger 3600mAh battery. Both have support for Fast Charging both on wired and wireless (WPC and PMA).
Samsung should officially release sales numbers in coming weeks if the S7 series is a success. We will just have to wait.